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I have come to the frightening conclusion that
I am the decisive element in the classroom
It is my personal approach that creates the climate
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher I possess tremendous power to make a
child's life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool or torture or a instrument of
inspiration.
I can humiliate or humour, hurt or heal.
In all situations it is my response that dedicides whether
a crisis will be escaladed or de-escaladed.
And a child humanized or de-humanized.
~Dr. Hiam Ginott
SPED 420
Spring 2011Dr. Fiegen